Death runes are one of the runes used to cast spells in the Magic skill. They are required to cast medium-level missile spells. Members with 65 Runecrafting and who have completed Mourning's Ends Part II can craft death runes at the death altar by using pure essence on it, with each essence yielding one death rune. Each death rune yields 10 runecrafting experience points. No staff can be used to substitute for death runes, however many monsters, such as ankous, nechryaels and dark beasts commonly drop death runes. Death runes can also be bought from all Magic shops with a stock of 250, except for the one on Ape Atoll.